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@ -97,26 +97,25 @@ and while we finalize details for next year, we hope to see you there to join
us in community!</p>
<div class="picture-small right"> <img src="https://nextcloud.sfconservancy.org/apps/files_sharing/publicpreview/pnZYsi2CkjscLwc?file=/&fileId=24825&x=1366&y=768&a=true&etag=f4341a40f90786b0356201c21278ee23" alt="SFC lawyers posing outside at the courthouse“ " /></a>
<p>SFC lawyers posing outside the courthouse - CC BY-SA 4.0</div>
<p>SFC lawyers after recent Vizio case- CC BY-SA 4.0</div>
<p>We are entering the third year of our <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html">lawsuit against Vizio</a>.
There is still a lot of work that needs to be done to ensure that all recipients
of GPL'd software maintain rights as <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html#third-party-beneficiary">third-parth beneficiaries</a>,
of GPL'd software maintain rights as <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/glossary.html#third-party-beneficiary">third-party beneficiaries</a>,
but after a <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/oct/12/transcript-msj-hearing/">recent argument in the case</a>,
but we are still moving in the right direction. With the rise of the <a
href="https://www.repair.org/">Right to Repair</a> movement, we've seen a
growing desire from "everyday consumers" to have the ability to repair the
software on their phones and other internet connected devices. Our projects
like <a href="https://openwrt.org/">OpenWrt</a> and <a
but we are still moving in the right direction. We've seen a growing
understanding from "everyday consumers" that a software Right to Repair is
essential to repair their phones and other internet connected devices. Our
projects like <a href="https://openwrt.org/">OpenWrt</a> and <a
href="https://coreboot.org/">coreboot</a> are integral in giving people the
freedom to choose what software runs (and can be repaired) on their own
devices. (And speaking of our projects, there's a highlight of what some of
projects did this year below!) We also pursued many other violations (that our
<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/principles.html">Principles</a>
don't permit us to disclose at the moment) and our <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2022/may/02/conservancy-launches-copyright-assignment-system/">self-service
copyright assignment form</a> enables FOSS contributors to, without overly
burdensome paperwork, entrust their copyrights to a nonprofit dedicated to
software freedom and rights of users all over the world.</p>
projects did this year below!) We also pursued many other violations that are
premature to disclose, as per our <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/principles.html">Principles</a>
and our <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2022/may/02/conservancy-launches-copyright-assignment-system/">self-service copyright assignment form</a>
enables FOSS contributors to, without overly burdensome paperwork, entrust
their copyrights to a nonprofit dedicated to software freedom and rights of
users all over the world.</p>
<p>As software based technology becomes more pervasive in our lives, it's vital
that we communicate the importance of software freedom to the wider population.
@ -125,8 +124,9 @@ In that vein <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2022/may/12/introduction/">
the ideas of software freedom, and specifically what Software Freedom
Conservancy does. We also did a lot of public writings about some of the
important issues this year. From <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/feb/09/kuhn-neo4j-purethink-expert-report/">our perspective on the Neo4j suit</a>
to <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/aug/15/exit-zoom/">highlighting problematic behavior from proprietary software companies</a>, you can find out more about our speaking engagements
below.</p>
to <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/aug/15/exit-zoom/">highlighting problematic behavior from proprietary software companies</a> and calling for folks to Exit Zoom. We'd also like to
remind you that as a Sustainer, we will provide you with your own <a href="https://bbb.sfconservancy.org">BigBlueButton</a> account so that you can host your own video calls on a FOSS platform. You
can find out more about our speaking engagements below.</p>
<div style="overflow: auto">
<div class="picture-small right">
@ -161,18 +161,23 @@ Katholieke Universiteit Leuven for her incredible work in FOSS leadership, and
her advocacy and pursuit of software freedom and rights for all.
In November she spoke at <a href="https://www.sfscon.it/talks/the-history-of-and-path-forward-for-copyleft-and-the-gpl/">SFSCON about "The History of, and Path forward for, Copyleft and the GPL"</a>.</p>
<div class="picture-small right">
<video class="small-right" controls="" poster="/videos/2023-02-02_Sandler-Karen_KU-Leuven_Honorary-Doctorate_still.png" id="doctorate_vid">
<source src="/videos/2023-02-02_Sandler-Karen_KU-Leuven_Honorary-Doctorate.mp4">
<track src="/docs/2023-02-02_Sandler-Karen_KU-Leuven_Honorary-Doctorate.en.txt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" label="English" />
<track src="/docs/2023-02-02_Sandler-Karen_KU-Leuven_Honorary-Doctorate.nl.txt" kind="subtitles" srclang="nl" label="Dutch (NL)" />
<a href="/videos/2023-02-02_Sandler-Karen_KU-Leuven_Honorary-Doctorate.mp4">Download the talk video</a>
or <a href="https://youtu.be/zca7dOU7jfs">watch on YouTube</a>
</video>
<p><a href="/videos/2023-02-02_Sandler-Karen_KU-Leuven_Honorary-Doctorate.mp4">Download Karen's talk</a>
or <a href="https://youtu.be/zca7dOU7jfs">watch on YouTube</a></p>
</div>
<p>Policy Fellow Bradley M. Kuhn gave many conference talks and also represented SFC at many
government hearings and inquiries. Beginning the year at <a href="https://archive.fosdem.org/2023/schedule/speaker/bradley_m_kuhn/">FOSDEM</a>,
Bradley (and Karen) led the Legal and Policy DevRoom. He then spoke at SCaLE
20x giving a talk titled <a href="https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/learning-big-failures-improve-foss-advocacy-and-adoption">Learning From the Big Failures To Improve FOSS Advocacy and Adoption</a>.
As the host of a keynote discussion at FOSSY, Bradley facilitated a
<a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/jul/19/rhel-panel-fossy-2023/">
community discussion about the RHEL policy change</a>.
As a panel member, he was the only representative for the FOSS community on
the FTC's discussion <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2023/oct/04/ftc-ai-panel/">“Creative Economy and Generative AI“</a></p>
@ -204,16 +209,16 @@ classroom to educate students about software freedom.</p>
<img class="small-right" src="/img/outreachy-nigeria-1000-celebration.png"
alt="Group Picture: Outreachy interns, mentors, and community coordinators gathered to celebrate the 1,000 interns milestone in Lagos, Nigeria." />
<p>Group Picture: Outreachy interns, mentors, and community coordinators gathered to celebrate the 1,000 interns milestone in Lagos, Nigeria.</p>
<p>You can view a <a href="https://diode.zone/w/p/25ifUPw9Lx42nrb14h41Ru">video of the celebration here.</a></p>
</div>
<p><b>Outreachy</b> accepted 63 interns in the December 2022 cohort, and 64 interns in
the May 2023 cohort with over 30 Free and Open Source software communities.
Bringing in new communities in the Open Science and Humanitarian spheres,
Outreachy continues to lead the way in providing opportunities to historically
excluded and under represented people in technology. Celebrating their 1000th
intern (!!!), there were celebrations all over the world and the participants
from all 17 years of its history came out to be in community with each other.
</p>
<p><b>Outreachy</b> accepted 63 interns in the December 2022 cohort, and 64
interns in the May 2023 cohort with over 30 Free and Open Source software
communities. Bringing in new communities in the Open Science and Humanitarian
spheres, Outreachy continues to lead the way in providing opportunities to
people subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in
technology. Celebrating our 1000th intern (!!!), there were celebrations
featuring alumni and current interns all over the world. </p>
<p><b>OpenWrt</b> released <a href="https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/notes-23.05.0">version 23.05.0</a>
which continued adding hardware support for myriad devices, now supporting over